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A sortie, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
A sortie, 1917 or 1918.

British motorcycle despatch riders, 27 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
British motorcycle despatch riders, 27 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). British military messengers (despatch riders) with vehicle during World War I.

French Dragoons entrenched, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French Dragoons entrenched, between c1914 and c1915. French dragoon cavalry soldiers during World War I.

The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road to Menin: on the battlefield... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road to Menin: on the battlefield, after the advance of our allies. In the foreground on the left, near a group of English soldiers

The Battle Seen by a Combatant; H-Hour (5:16 a.m.) of D-Day (October 23)...1917 Creator: F Elim
The Battle Seen by a Combatant; H-Hour (5:16 a.m.) of D-Day (October 23): our troops leave under the cover of a curtain of smoke shells; high in the sky, a rocket, 1917

Fireguard, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Fireguard, 19th century

Autumn Landscape with Partridges, 1913. Creator: Bruno Liljefors
Autumn Landscape with Partridges, 1913

A Bound Elephant being led from the Last Section of the trap, the Prison Corral, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
A Bound Elephant being led from the Last Section of the trap, the Prison Corral, 1785

Tunnel 4 from 5, Temasopa [sic] Canon, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson
Tunnel 4 from 5, Temasopa [sic] Canon, between 1880 and 1897

Tunnel 5, Temasopa [sic] Canon, Mexico, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson
Tunnel 5, Temasopa [sic] Canon, Mexico, between 1880 and 1897

Tunnel 8, Temasopa [sic] Canon, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson
Tunnel 8, Temasopa [sic] Canon, between 1880 and 1897

Chippendale, Julia, Miss, portrait photograph, ca. 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Chippendale, Julia, Miss, portrait photograph, ca. 1913

Brown, S.S. Mr. portrait photograph, 1917. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Brown, S.S. Mr. portrait photograph, 1917

Perkins, Helen J. Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 Apr. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Perkins, Helen J. Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 Apr. 18

King, G. Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Apr. 24. Creator: Arnold Genthe
King, G. Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Apr. 24

Roshanara, portrait photograph, 1917 Mar. 23. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Roshanara, portrait photograph, 1917 Mar. 23

Marcellus, Irene or Violet, 1919 Feb. 16. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Marcellus, Irene or Violet, 1919 Feb. 16

Elsie Dufour dancers, between 1918 and 1920. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elsie Dufour dancers, between 1918 and 1920

Emerson, Lillian, Miss, between 1914 and 1919. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Emerson, Lillian, Miss, between 1914 and 1919

Portrait of a woman, arms crossed. Creator: Fedor Petrovic Cumakov
Portrait of a woman, arms crossed

Portrait of Monsieur Morice, 1817–20. Creator: Vivant Denon
Portrait of Monsieur Morice, 1817-20

Alder, 1917. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Alder, 1917

Alder, 1917. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Alder, 1917

Girl and bear cub, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Girl and bear cub, between c1900 and 1916

Nerchinsk Tungus, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns
Nerchinsk Tungus, 1862. Sheet 55 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

I Must Venture to the Churchyard, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
I Must Venture to the Churchyard, c1930. An illustration from The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Black Veil, c19th century. Artist: Samuel Melton Fisher
The Black Veil, c19th century. From The Studio Volume 42 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1907-8]

A Cahuilla child, 1905, c1924. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Cahuilla child, 1905, c1924. Indian girl leaning against palm tree holding large basket

The Ladies Bill of Fare, or, a Copious Collection of Beaux, 1795. Creator: Unknown
The Ladies Bill of Fare, or, a Copious Collection of Beaux, 1795

Head of a Man. Creator: Alphonse Legros
Head of a Man

Alpine Climbers, 1869. Creator: Elijah Walton
Alpine Climbers, 1869

Redshank, late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Redshank, late 19th century

Epping Forest: Beech Wood, Near High Beech, c1896. Artist: Christopher George Cutchey
Epping Forest: Beech Wood, Near High Beech, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Illustration from History of the Plague (Defoe), 1862, (1923). Artist: Frederic Shields
Illustration from History of the Plague (Defoe), 1862, (1923). Frederic James Shields (1833-1911) was a British artist, illustrator and designer closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelites

Fabius, the slow coach, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Fabius, the slow coach, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Aboriginal men approaching a settlers farm, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Aboriginal men approaching a settlers farm, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Anna, 1926. Artist: Warwick Reynolds
Anna, 1926. From The Studio Volume 91. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1926]

Crossing a Crack in the Ice, c1893-1896, (1897). From Farthest North, Vol. 2 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]

Dr Syntax & The Foundling, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Dr Syntax & The Foundling, 1820. From The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation, by William Combe. [Ackermann, London, 1820]

The Introduction of Artillery, c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe
The Introduction of Artillery, c1884. From Comic Sketches from English History for Children of Various Ages with Descriptive Rhymes by Lieut.-Colonel T. S. Secombe. [W. H. Allen & Co. London, c1884]

Hussein Abni Pasha, c1906, (1907). Hussein Abni Pasha (1819-1876), influential military leader, holding positions; General governor of Smyrna in 1872

Common Crane (Grus cinerea), 1900, (1900). Artist: Charles Whymper
Common Crane (Grus cinerea), 1900, (1900). From The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of The British Islands, by Charles Dixon, illustrated by Charles Whymper. [Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield, 1900]

Corn Crake (Crex pratensis), 1900, (1900). Artist: Charles Whymper
Corn Crake (Crex pratensis), 1900, (1900). From The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of The British Islands, by Charles Dixon, illustrated by Charles Whymper. [Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield, 1900]

The Desk, c1870, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Desk, c1870, (1904). From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904]

Model Resting, 1870, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Model Resting, 1870, (1904). From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904]

Sunshine, c1889. Artist: George Henry
Sunshine, c1889. From The Studio Volume 71. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1917]

Study for The Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus, c1899 Artist: John William Waterhouse
Study for The Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus, c1899. A Pencil study in the sketch books held in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. From The Studio Volume 71

Fifth Army Patrol, 1943-44. A Fifth Army patrol entering the village of Pugliano, Italy, as the Germans retreat. From The War Illustrated Volume 7 edited by Sir John Hammerton

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